The book is about India’s ‘water warrior’ Vilasrao Salunke and his community-based water model which has been implemented in villages across Maharashtra. It deals with use of Salunkhe’s model by Anna Hazare to transform Ralegan Siddhi from a dry village to a model village—a transformation that has become an integral part of the alternative development discourse. Salunkhe’s ‘pani panchayat’ model of water management ...
